The origin and progress of writing, as well hieroglyphic as elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts and charters, ancient and modern : also some account of the origin and progress of printing . frpliep tt^ie>elib;1rpq3o1nu •. mini .X S T , JM N O p I m iiopqt!HSffcvu^r> f>.97 lUMB^U*- \ltjvmC^e 9**°* ** Mmt mm fit oot. oi£ nmfl fumiuh <Mi at ,rU no. ma tr vjOuiim opus mecogs focceneeTaietern ucpofc e^ceniI pCccnioc scmdrufuxnumTo^ro otiibe clifp&vjAquocfiqruiclcDnecri6lTfri Sed eccm 6cqwroiila:cfuccecum-gaocecoc CopsevracaiT uenixo
The origin and progress of writing, as well hieroglyphic as elementary, illustrated by engravings taken from marbles, manuscripts and charters, ancient and modern : also some account of the origin and progress of printing . frpliep tt^ie>elib;1rpq3o1nu •. mini .X S T , JM N O p I m iiopqt!HSffcvu^r> f>.97 lUMB^U*- \ltjvmC^e 9**°* ** Mmt mm fit oot. oi£ nmfl fumiuh <Mi at ,rU no. ma tr vjOuiim opus mecogs focceneeTaietern ucpofc e^ceniI pCccnioc scmdrufuxnumTo^ro otiibe clifp&vjAquocfiqruiclcDnecri6lTfri Sed eccm 6cqwroiila:cfuccecum-gaocecoc CopsevracaiT uenixocce decennocm :Acct(AB6eccc]Dt)eepbHji l£conyno Chap. V. OF WRITING. The Saxon C Towards the latter-end of the ninth century, learningrunning hand. I was difFufed in England under the aufpices of our greatKing Alfred, in whofe reign many books were written in this ifland, in amore expeditious manner than formerly. This kind of writing I call theTunning hand of the Saxons ; few MSS. were written in this hand beforethe reign of that Monarch, though a free mode of writing had been ufedin charters from the latter-end of the eighth century, as appears from thefifft column of the twenty-third plate. The third fp
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